Guide to OECD Education Statistics

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INTRODUCTION

Updated annually, this database contains an up-to-date array of comparative education statistics and indicators from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and non-OECD countries from 1985 onwards. It provides information on the human and financial resources invested in education, on access to, progression and completion of education, on how education and learning systems operate, and on the returns to educational investments.

Main topics

Within UKDS.Stat, the OECD Education Statistics are presented in the following datasets (some will include missing data):

Archive database (ISCED 1997 data) 2000-2011.

Education and skills.

Education at a Glance.

Measuring Innovation in Education.

Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS).

Data series include:

Educational Personnel

Expenditure by funding source and transaction type

Expenditure by nature and resource category

Foreign / international students enrolled

Graduates by age

Graduates by field of education

New entrants by sex and age

Students aligned to finance and personnel data

Students enrolled by age

Students enrolled by type of institution

Total population by sex and age

Access OECD data

Access to the OECD Education Statistics via UKDS.Stat is freely available to all.

The OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics (PDF 2.68MB) provides the definitions and conventions used in the underlying data collections as well as the methodologies used to compile the published statistics and indicators derived from them. By also providing advice on data quality issues, the Handbook provides an essential aid to the effective use of the statistics and indicators on education that OECD produces.